Ryan, I was just wondering if you're still developing this or if you've lost interest/don't have time/consider it 'done'/whatever.
I guess the main thing I'd like to see added -- and I'll let the coding geniuses come up with the 'how' :-) -- would be an easier way to add items to the wishlist. Maybe even a Firefox addin could be built that would allow it somehow? (I dunno...)
Anyway, I love PHPGiftReg and hope the project isn't dead!
/Kevin
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Hey, no, it's not abandoned. It's simple and works well, so I'm holding off on making any changes unless there's something really compelling.
A Firefox plugin would be possible if the phpgiftreg had a passthrough page or web service that could add records. I wouldn't want to put security at risk though.
Thanks!
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The only feature that I would really like to see added would be a place where others could post what they are buying for you that is not on your list. Other members of your "family" would be able to see it but you would not.
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Hi Ryan. Great program. Thanks for putting it together!
I tend to agree with Fasta. In fact, I was thinking about trying to add some similar functionality myself when I discovered this forum.
What I'm looking for, is the ability to, in essence, add a gift to someone's list, without them knowing or being able to see it. This is great for spouses/parents that know the individual well, and may have some insight into what kind of gifts that an individual would appreciate but may have forgotten. ...or for those annoying folks that can't think of anything they want.
The elegant solution would, I suppose, be to add a secondary userid field to the items table, which could be used to identify a gift's secondary owner, and would be listed in the giftee's giftlist. Or, conversly, it might be easier (to program) to add it to the gifter's list, and using the secondary userid to display a notice indicating whom the gift is for. For both, the intended gift receiver's logon would suppress the gift so that they can't see it.
This functionality would increase the usability of the list by funnelling more information through the list, instead of bypassing it by using messages.
What do you think?
Regards,
Derrick
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This comes up from time to time (well, maybe more often than that) and I always end up putting my foot down. I will never add in this functionality because, as a user of the gift registry myself, I do not want people adding items to my list, no matter how well they think they know me.
Maybe if someone else added this functionality, contributed a patch that wasn't very invasive in terms of the rest of the code, and allowed each user to opt out, I'd stick it in.
Thanks for your interest!
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I agree with generalpf that there should no other people that can add items on my own registry, but they can always buy it for me anyway.
I think for the benefit of other users it should also be good if there's an enable/disable option for this and some other functions such as option to auto add a user without a need for a request/approval, or perhaps self addition to an event, this is good in events like Wedding or birthday where one can choose to add him/herself to grant the celebrator's wish regarding what family group he/she is.
Also one thing I want to address is the possibility that this can be used by the sellers too as their mode of marketing. Meaning some shops can also implement this in their website to boast sales or interaction with the clients. One quick resolution to this is at least a new table for "Item name" beside "Category" or some other additional details regarding the product. This way sellers has a way to input products and also beneficial for the users to define their item list. Of course it should also be checked against the inventory availability, either manually set by admin/seller or item count data.
I know these might be a lot, but good suggestions to prioritize that I think would be beneficial to the users.
Thanks again for sharing this!
cyberjorge
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2009-11-05
The feature request described here is similar to request I would have. Together with a wish list I mostly administrate a watch list. This simply would be a wish list that is not visible to others.
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Ryan, I was just wondering if you're still developing this or if you've lost interest/don't have time/consider it 'done'/whatever.
I guess the main thing I'd like to see added -- and I'll let the coding geniuses come up with the 'how' :-) -- would be an easier way to add items to the wishlist. Maybe even a Firefox addin could be built that would allow it somehow? (I dunno...)
Anyway, I love PHPGiftReg and hope the project isn't dead!
/Kevin
Hey, no, it's not abandoned. It's simple and works well, so I'm holding off on making any changes unless there's something really compelling.
A Firefox plugin would be possible if the phpgiftreg had a passthrough page or web service that could add records. I wouldn't want to put security at risk though.
Thanks!
So, about this Firefox extension. How much of a possibility is it? What all would need done? How would it work?
/Kevin
I didn't really look into it. I don't think it made it out of the hypothetical stage. :O
The only feature that I would really like to see added would be a place where others could post what they are buying for you that is not on your list. Other members of your "family" would be able to see it but you would not.
You can already accomplish that by sending a message to everyone but that guy.
I'm trying to stay far away from anything related to buying things that aren't on people's lists. If that were the intent, why maintain a list at all?
Hi Ryan. Great program. Thanks for putting it together!
I tend to agree with Fasta. In fact, I was thinking about trying to add some similar functionality myself when I discovered this forum.
What I'm looking for, is the ability to, in essence, add a gift to someone's list, without them knowing or being able to see it. This is great for spouses/parents that know the individual well, and may have some insight into what kind of gifts that an individual would appreciate but may have forgotten. ...or for those annoying folks that can't think of anything they want.
The elegant solution would, I suppose, be to add a secondary userid field to the items table, which could be used to identify a gift's secondary owner, and would be listed in the giftee's giftlist. Or, conversly, it might be easier (to program) to add it to the gifter's list, and using the secondary userid to display a notice indicating whom the gift is for. For both, the intended gift receiver's logon would suppress the gift so that they can't see it.
This functionality would increase the usability of the list by funnelling more information through the list, instead of bypassing it by using messages.
What do you think?
Regards,
Derrick
This comes up from time to time (well, maybe more often than that) and I always end up putting my foot down. I will never add in this functionality because, as a user of the gift registry myself, I do not want people adding items to my list, no matter how well they think they know me.
Maybe if someone else added this functionality, contributed a patch that wasn't very invasive in terms of the rest of the code, and allowed each user to opt out, I'd stick it in.
Thanks for your interest!
Hi,
Thanks a lot for this wonderful program.
I agree with generalpf that there should no other people that can add items on my own registry, but they can always buy it for me anyway.
I think for the benefit of other users it should also be good if there's an enable/disable option for this and some other functions such as option to auto add a user without a need for a request/approval, or perhaps self addition to an event, this is good in events like Wedding or birthday where one can choose to add him/herself to grant the celebrator's wish regarding what family group he/she is.
Also one thing I want to address is the possibility that this can be used by the sellers too as their mode of marketing. Meaning some shops can also implement this in their website to boast sales or interaction with the clients. One quick resolution to this is at least a new table for "Item name" beside "Category" or some other additional details regarding the product. This way sellers has a way to input products and also beneficial for the users to define their item list. Of course it should also be checked against the inventory availability, either manually set by admin/seller or item count data.
I know these might be a lot, but good suggestions to prioritize that I think would be beneficial to the users.
Thanks again for sharing this!
cyberjorge
The feature request described here is similar to request I would have. Together with a wish list I mostly administrate a watch list. This simply would be a wish list that is not visible to others.